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Thalassoma
Thalassoma is a genus of wrasses native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Many species occasionally make their way into the aquarium trade.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Ornate Wrasse
speciesThalassoma pavo
Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse
speciesThalassoma bifasciatum
Moon Wrasse
speciesThalassoma lunare
Sixbar Wrasse
speciesThalassoma hardwicke
Cortez Rainbow Wrasse
speciesThalassoma lucasanum
Saddle Wrasse
speciesThalassoma duperrey
Sunset Wrasse
speciesThalassoma lutescens
Blue-headed Wrasse
speciesThalassoma amblycephalum
Christmas Wrasse
speciesThalassoma trilobatum
Klunzinger's Wrasse
speciesThalassoma rueppellii
Surge Wrasse
speciesThalassoma purpureum
Blackbarred Wrasse
speciesThalassoma nigrofasciatum
Fivestripe Wrasse
speciesThalassoma quinquevittatum
Sunset Wrasse
speciesThalassoma grammaticum
Goldbar Wrasse
speciesThalassoma hebraicum
Jansen's Wrasse
speciesThalassoma jansenii
Red-cheek Wrasse
speciesThalassoma genivittatum
Sevenband Wrasse
speciesThalassoma septemfasciatum
Blacktail Wrasse
speciesThalassoma ballieui
Noronha Wrasse
speciesThalassoma noronhanum
Cupid Wrasse
speciesThalassoma cupido
Emerald Wrasse
speciesThalassoma virens
Newton's Wrasse
speciesThalassoma newtoni
Slantband Wrasse
speciesThalassoma loxum
St. Helena Wrasse
speciesThalassoma sanctaehelenae
Ascension wrasse
speciesThalassoma ascensionis
Clipperton Rainbow Wrasse
speciesThalassoma robertsoni
Tuamotu Rainbow Wrasse
speciesThalassoma heiseri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49494.